SONCAP is the gate. Goods arrive at Apapa or Onne and clear against a SONCAP certificate, which can only be issued on a valid product certificate — and the clock on that starts before loading, not after. We build the file in that order and send you the drafts before the container is sealed.
Tyres are regulated, so the PC is raised against the family and the factory before any shipment certificate can be requested. Its scope is the family and the size range, not the brand alone.
The Form M is lodged through your bank, and the numbers on it — the proforma, the HS code, the importer — have to match the invoice the SC is raised on. A revised quantity after Form M is the single most common reason a Nigerian load is delayed.
The Pre-Arrival Assessment Report comes from the shipment certificate and the final documents. We send the final document set within two working days of sailing so there is time to raise it before berthing.
The certificate of origin travels with the set, and the labelling your distributor needs at clearance is agreed when the order is placed rather than at the port.
The sizes below are the ones that move most often in this market. Each one links to the patterns we can quote in it; a size that is not listed is still worth asking about, because the library runs to several hundred and the list moves with production.
Apapa and Tin Can Island for Lagos, Onne for the east. Nigerian roads punish a light casing, so the truck block is usually biased to the heavier ply ratings in the sizes you take, and the passenger base is built from taxi and light-truck sizes. One 20GP opens the order.
Ports: Apapa · Tin Can Island · Onne
The load is inspected on arrival at destination and the importer carries the extra cost and time. We would rather hold the booking a few days than put that on you, which is why the inspection is booked against the loading date from the start.
The importer appoints the agent and pays for the certificate; the inspection date is set against our loading date. Invoice, packing list and test reports go over a week ahead so the certificate is issued while the container is still in Qingdao.
We have shipped into Lagos and Onne for years. Names and contacts go out on request once we are in a live conversation — we do not publish customers' business on the website.
Tell us the size, the pattern reference if you have one, the quantity and the destination port. We reply within one working day with availability, container loading and price.